The medical examiner has ruled that the death of Daniel Kerrigan, the father of figure skater Nancy Kerrigan, was a homicide, the Middlesex County district attorney's office said Tuesday.
The skater's brother, Mark, was arraigned in January on assault and battery charges in an incident involving his father, but the district attorney's office would not say if other charges might be filed against the younger Kerrigan in light of the medical examiner's finding.
Daniel Kerrigan, 70, died January 2…
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Added by Joseph Hamman on February 9, 2010 at 7:38pm —
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Game on! Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are taking legal action against the British tabloid News of the World for its story last month that alleged the couple were working out details of a split.
"The News of the World has failed to meet our clients' reasonable demands for a retraction of and apology for these false and intrusive allegations which have now been widely republished by mainstream news outlets," a lawyer working for the couple in London said in a statement. "We have advised them to b…
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Added by Joseph Hamman on February 8, 2010 at 6:43pm —
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A powerful storm slammed the U.S. mid-Atlantic on Friday, threatening record snowfall in a region heavily dependent on home heating oil and natural gas supplies.
Forecasts calling for 20 to 30 inches (50 to 76 cm) of snow and near-blizzard conditions from Virginia to southern New Jersey prompted U.S. government offices in the Washington area to close their doors four hours early.
President Barack Obama, who previously has made fun of the reaction in Washington to small amounts of snow, was not…
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Added by Joseph Hamman on February 5, 2010 at 8:25pm —
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A magnitude 6.0 earthquake shook the North Coast today in the area where a stronger temblor hit last month, but so far there are no reports of injuries or damage.
The quake hit at 12:20 p.m. and was centered about 30 miles offshore, northwest of the small town of Petrolia in Humboldt County, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Residents said they could feel the shaker, but it was nowhere near as disconcerting as the magnitude 6.5 quake that struck the region Jan. 9.
That quake was center…
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Added by Joseph Hamman on February 4, 2010 at 7:32pm —
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Two, two, two shows in one! The two-hour season premiere of Lost, with its dual tracks of parallel world yarns, was a twin-patty, double-pounder factory burger of story, slathered with saucy ideas, drippy with messy emotions, and chewy with mystery meat. It was a delicious meal for this ravenous eight months-starved Lost fan, and while it wasn't easy to digest (check that: I'm still digesting it), I felt properly served. Where to start? Should I sketch how the premiere was an elaborate metaphori…
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Added by Joseph Hamman on February 3, 2010 at 7:56pm —
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Katy Perry had a feeling fiance Russell Brand was going to pop the question ... because she Googled it!
"Unfortunately, I still Google myself sometimes. I saw it on Google alerts. I'm going to be honest," Perry said during E! Entertainment's coverage of the Grammy Awards red carpet.
But how did the rest of the world know that the 34-year-old Brand was going to propose?
"I was buying rings," he told E! host Ryan Seacrest.
The couple, who hugged and held hands during the interview, revealed de…
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Added by Joseph Hamman on February 1, 2010 at 8:44pm —
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Certainly Jay Leno would love to wake up to find that the last six months was just a nightmare.
That way, he'd be preparing another "Tonight" show monologue, not going on the national shrink's sofa across from Oprah Winfrey, as he was Thursday. He wouldn't have seen a photo of himself doctored to look battered on the cover of Entertainment Weekly, symbolizing television's biggest flop ever. And he wouldn't have heard the rough jokes with the serious subtext that he had sandbagged Conan O'Brien.…
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Added by Heromode Kamodo on January 28, 2010 at 11:54am —
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Charges against a former Nevada sheriff's deputy accused of accepting gifts in exchange for giving preferential treatment to the jailed creator of the "Girls Gone Wild" videos won't be dismissed, a federal judge said Wednesday.
U.S. District Judge Larry Hicks denied a motion from the lawyer defending former Washoe County jail Sgt. Michon Mills, who served as a liaison between Joe Francis' lawyers and the jail in Reno while he was held on tax charges from June 2007 to March 2008. Francis is the…
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Added by Heromode Kamodo on January 28, 2010 at 8:16am —
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"Heroes" TV actor Adrian Pasdar has been arrested for allegedly driving drunk and veering across lanes on a West Los Angeles freeway.
A California Highway Patrol report says Pasdar was pulled over shortly before 3 a.m. Wednesday after officers saw his Ford F-150 truck doing 94 mph and straddling two lanes on Interstate 405.
The 44-year-old actor was booked for investigation of driving under the influence of alcohol. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department says he was taken to county jail a…
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Added by Heromode Kamodo on January 27, 2010 at 2:42pm —
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China's government has reminded theater operators to obey a quota requiring at least two-thirds of the movies they screen to be domestically made after the Hollywood blockbuster "Avatar" became the highest-grossing film in the country's history.
James Cameron's 3D sci-fi epic has grossed about $103 million as of Jan. 12. Theaters said they were ordered to remove the 2D version of the film in an apparent effort to reduce competition for China's homegrown films like a state-backed biopic of Confu…
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Added by Heromode Kamodo on January 27, 2010 at 11:47am —
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Martha Stewart is heading to cable.
The lifestyle queen has signed a deal to move her daily program to the Hallmark Channel, effective this September. "The Martha Stewart Show" is currently syndicated to broadcast channels across the country.
The announcement was made Tuesday by Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. and Hallmark.
After Stewart's show, Hallmark will air 90 minutes of programming created by Stewart's production company.
Stewart's move echoes that of fellow daytime star Oprah Wi…
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Added by Heromode Kamodo on January 26, 2010 at 3:05pm —
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Facing voter anger over mounting budget deficits, President Barack Obama will ask Congress to freeze spending for some domestic programs for three years beginning in 2011, administration officials said Monday. Separately, Obama unveiled plans to help a middle class "under assault" pay its bills, save for retirement and care for kids and aging parents.
The spending freeze would apply to a relatively small portion of the federal budget, affecting a $477 billion pot of money available for domestic…
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Added by Heromode Kamodo on January 26, 2010 at 3:15am —
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A craggy peak in a scenic part of southern China has been renamed after floating mountains featured in Hollywood blockbuster 'Avatar,' with the province hoping to cash in on the movie's massive success.
The 'Southern Sky Column' in Zhangjiajie in southern Hunan province formally had its named changed to 'Avatar Hallelujah Mountain' in a ceremony on Monday, according to the Zhangjiajie government's official website (
www.zjj.gov.cn).
The government said the fl…
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Added by Heromode Kamodo on January 25, 2010 at 1:58pm —
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James Mitchell, who for nearly three decades played gruff patriarch Palmer Cortland on the ABC soap opera 'All My Children,' has died, his longtime partner said Sunday night.
Mitchell died Friday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, partner Albert Wolsky said. Mitchell had suffered from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease for years, complicated by a recent bout of pneumonia.
Mitchell appeared in more than 300 episodes of the popular soap from 1979 until a 40th anniversary episode t…
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Added by Heromode Kamodo on January 25, 2010 at 8:28am —
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An Ethiopian Airlines plane carrying 90 people crashed into the Mediterranean Sea in flames early Monday just minutes after takeoff from Beirut, authorities said. At least 12 bodies were recovered as rescuers searched the stormy waters.
The cause of the crash was not immediately known. Lebanon has been slammed by bad weather since Sunday night, with crackling thunder, lightning and pouring rain.
Lebanese President Michel Suleiman said terrorism was not suspected.
'Sabotage is ruled out as of…
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Added by Heromode Kamodo on January 25, 2010 at 5:29am —
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Britney Spears is lending a hand, or rather a dress, to help out Haiti.
A court commissioner on Friday approved a request allowing the singer to donate the dress she wore to the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards so it can be auctioned, with the proceeds going to help Haitian earthquake victims.
The court's permission was needed because the pop singer remains under a court-ordered conservatorship. Her father, Jamie, who will oversee the donation, controls his 28-year-old daughter's personal and finan…
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Added by Heromode Kamodo on January 23, 2010 at 2:28am —
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The Golden Globes gave top honors to James Cameron's 'Avatar' and took its cue from the film's celebration of humanity, with winners ranging from the gritty child-abuse drama 'Precious' to freewheeling comedy 'The Hangover.'
Sunday's awards ceremony also opened wide to embrace the long-admired Jeff Bridges, who took best dramatic-acting honors for the country-music film 'Crazy Heart,' and a sitcom actress, Mo'Nique, who emerged as a fierce screen presence in 'Precious.'
Fox's spunky new TV mus…
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Added by Heromode Kamodo on January 18, 2010 at 3:28am —
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Getting aid to Haiti right away to save lives is the first goal of the fund-raising initiative headed by George W. Bush and Bill Clinton, the two former U.S. presidents say.
In a pre-recorded interview broadcast Sunday on CNN's "State of the Union," Bush and Clinton said the new fund created by President Barack Obama also seeks to ensure that money keeps coming in after the…
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Added by bloglist on January 17, 2010 at 7:47pm —
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Google has unveiled plans today to allow Google Docs to store any type of files, and revealed a new tool from Memeo to enable users to access, migrate, and synchronize files between their desktop and Google Docs. These announcements signify a broader strategy by Google to help business customers bridge the gap between the desktop and the cloud.
Google has been aggressively vying for…
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Added by bloglist on January 12, 2010 at 7:42pm —
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Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina loaned $2.5 million of her own money to her campaign for the U.S. Senate, an indication she's willing to invest significant personal resources to unseat Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer.
Fiorina also raised nearly $1.1 million in donations during her first two months in the race. After expenses, that gives her about $2.7 million g…
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Death of Nancy Kerrigan's father ruled a homicide
Has late-night battle permanently wounded Leno?
